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GEORGE E. HOLDEN, or MICHIGAN CITY, INDIA A, ASSIGNOR To THE WARREN FEATHERBONE COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR WINDING FIBERS TO FORM STRANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,088, dated November 2, 18876. 7

Application filed March 7, 1885. Serial No. 158,107. (No model.)

5 United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for \Vinding Fibers to Form Strands, of which the followingis a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top or plan view ota machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view taken on the line as x of Fig.1; and Fig.

4,a detail elevation ofthewindingarm, broken away to show the support for the drivingwheel. This invention has for its object to provide novel means forwinding and compacting detached fibers of quills, feathers, or other fibrous substances into a single strand; and to such end the invention consists in the construction and combination of devices, hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the base; 13, the supporting-post for the driving mechanism; 0, the post or standard for the feeding mechanism; D, the post or standard for the guide; E, the hinged section of the post D; F, the hollow spool-shaft; F, the tube for supporting the driving-wheel; G, the tension device; H, the driving-pulley; I, the worm-shaft; J, the worm; K L,feed-'wheels; M, the covered strand; N, the winding-arm; O, the counter-balance; P, the spool; Q, the guide for inserting the fiber; R S, gear-wheels for driving the worm-shaft I; a b, tensionsprings; a, hooks or eyes on the winding-arm; d, screws for attaching the windingarm to the driving-wheel H; e, the pivot in post D; f, a stop; 9, 'the thread; h, springs for holding the feed-wheels in contact.

The base A may be separately made, as shown, or it may be a part'of the bench or table upon whichthe machine is mounted. The posts or supports 13, O, and D are attached thereto by bolts or 'other suitable means; or the supporting posts and base may be cast together as one piece, if desired. The boxing B is mounted on the post B, in which 5 a is secured the tube F, around which the wheels H and R revolve. The tube F is provided I isjournaled in said post.

with a head, F forholding the driving pulley orwheel H in place, as shown in Fig. 3. The

hollow shaft F is inserted therein, as shown in- 7 thread will bear, in order that the fibers may be thoroughly compacted when wound or 00V: ered.

provided with hooks or eyes 0, for taking up the thread and delivering it at or near the end of the shaft F, as shown in Fig. 2. ,The windingarm is provided with the counter-balance O, in order to make it run steady and counterbalance the weight of the arm on the opposite side of the machine. the drivingwheel H by the screws d, so as to revolve with the driving-pulley. The wheel H is provided atone side with a gear-wheel,

The winding-arm N is bent, as-shown, and

This arm is attached to R,which engages with the gear-wheel S,which drives theworm-shaft I, and the worm drives the feedingrpulleys K L. These feeding-pulleys are provided with cogs which gear together on one side. The cord or strand M passes between these pulleys, and the latter are so geared that they have a slow motion, which is just sufficient to pull the cord M along the width of one thread for each revolution of the winding-arm, thus compactly winding and covering the cord as it moves along through the machine. The wheels L K are mounted in the post or support 0, and the worm-shaft The journals or shafts of the wheels K and L protrude through sufficiently far to engage witha rubber band, h, on one or both sides, which bands give a suificient pressure upon the cord to compel its movement, and as the movement is very slow, these bands serve to press the wheel L toward the wheel K with sufficient force for feeding purposes. a

v The fibers are fed in ,throughthe guide Q,

which has at its inner end an opening of the same diameter as the hollow of the shaft F. The fibers are fed into this guide by the hand of the attendant, and the openingthrough the guide Q determines the size of the cord or the number of fibers which can be passed through at a single time. In order to facilitate the attachment and removal of spools, this guide is supported upon the hinged post E, which is hinged at e, so that it may be folded down to be out of the way of the spool when it is to be removed or applied. The post E being piv' oted intermediate, its ends provides the pendent tail-piece f, whichis adapted to strike the stop-pinf on the standard D when the guide Q, is in line with the shaft F. The post E, however, is free to swing, so that the guide Q can be lowered out of line with the said shaft, while the tail-piecef and stop-pin f serve to prevent the guide from moving too near the spindle.

The tension-springs a b may he provided in the middle with conical projections, as shown at Fig. 2, which will fit into.the spool and make it run true in case the hole through the spool is larger than the shaft F.

In operation the movements of the machine are so timed. that the cord as it is formed will move the required distance for each revolution of the thread, and the guide will be quite close to the end of the hollow shaft, as shown in Fig. 2, to prevent any curled or irregular fibers from getting out of position, and it will be obvious that a cord, M, of any length may be formed, as it will form as long as the fibers arefed into the guideQ; or they may be made any length by stopping the feedfor a few revolutions of the armN, and again commencing, and the feed will pull along through without the necessity of starting for each section of cord.

Ordinarily it will not be necessary to wind anyportion of the cord for starting the machine, as the attendant can push it along with reasonable certainty for a sufiicient length to have it engage with the wheels K L, after which-no crowding will be required on the part of the operator.

What I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. The combination of the stationary hollow spool-shaft F, the standard 13, the stationary tube F, supported by the standard and having its inner end supporting the spool-shaft, and provided with a laterally-projecting collar, FZ'the rotating driving-wheel H, loosely mounted on the tube at one side of said collar, the winding-arm N at the opposite side of the collar, devices rigidly connecting the wheel and arm together, with the collar between them, a guide, Q, in advance of the spool-shaft, and the rotating iced-wheels K L, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the hollow spoolshaft F and windingarm N, of the standard D, having the attached stop-pin f, the post E, hinged between. its ends to provide the pendent tail-piece f and the guideQ, secured to the upper end of the post, whereby the post and guide can be turned down below the spoolshaft, substantially as described.

GEORGE It. HOLDEN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. HATFIELD, WILBER'r S. Cursriow; 

